Maryland Daily Record: News Briefs

Metro $18M grant

The Federal Transit Administration is giving Metro nearly $18 million for various improvements, including the expansion of a chemical detection system. Virginia senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner announced the grant Friday. They say the money was made available to Metro as part of the economic stimulus package. The funding also will be used by Metro to build a new sales center, upgrade fare machines, rehabilitate track shock absorbers and purchase emergency tunnel carts and storage cabinets. Metro has estimated it needs $12 billion in capital funding over the next 10 years to replace aging equipment and maintain services.

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